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Antares successfully launched: Cygnus en route to the International Space Station (VIDEO)

Wallops, USA - After several tests, the arrival at the orbiting laboratory is scheduled on Sunday

American space agency NASA commercial space partner Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Va., successfully launched its Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard its Antares rocket at 10:58 am EDT (14:58 GMT/UTC) Wednesday from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Traveling 17,500 mph in Earth's orbit, Cygnus is on its way to rendezvous with the space s...

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Rome, Italy, 09/19/2013 12:04
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